FAISALABAD: The Anti-Smuggling Organization ( ASO) Faisalabad seized 610 kilograms of smuggled cloth in Faisalabad. The market value of impounded cloth is Rs 850,000.
Sources told Customs Today that the ASO received secret information through Model Customs Collectorate Dr Zulfiqar Ali Choudhary that foreign origin art silk cloth would be smuggled in Faisalabad.
After receiving information, Collector Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Chaudhary constituted a raiding team comprising Zahid Bukhari (superintendent), Muhammad Akram, Muhammad Munir Ahmad, Muhammad Ramzan (inspector), Afzal Hussain, Muhammad Abdullah, Asrar Ahmed, Liaqat Ali ( sepoys ),
The ASO team raided near Chenab Chowk, Jhang Road Faisalabad and found smuggled silk cloth of 6000 yards. The cloth was being transported on rickshaw bearing registration no. FDR- 7905. The accused person Akhtar Ali son of Rehmat Ali was taken into custody while further investigations are still under process.
